Dotzauer Day 15: Zen and the Art of Consistency in Cello Playing

10 April 2018 Utrecht 'Practise only on days you eat' Shinichi Suzuki Today I am in something of a strange place. I woke up in the wee small hours with a migraine, failed to recognise it as such, so let it run with paracetamol for another hour before I realised I would need something stronger, …

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Dotzauer Day 10: On the use of the metronome in practice

5 April 2018 Standlake   ‘Keep time! How sour sweet music is when time is broke and no proportion kept! So is it in the music of men’s lives. I wasted time, and now doth time waste me’ Shakespeare Richard II Act V Scene V   Bearing in mind what I learned about bow changes …

Cello Resources/References etc. as mentioned in the blog.

This list will be updated as other sources are mentioned. Studies and exercises: Duport: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/DUPORT-21-ETUDES-CELLO-by-Duport-Jean-Louis-EDT/9780769271019 Feuillard: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Daily-ExercisesTagliche-UbungenExercices-Journaliers-by-Louis-R-Feuillard-composer/9783795795030 Stutschewsky: https://en.schott-music.com/shop/violoncello-technik-no32085.html Rick Mooney: Double Stops for Cello https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Double-Stops-for-Cello-by-Rick-Mooney-author/9780874877618 Position Pieces for Cello, Books 1 and 2: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Position-Pieces-for-Cello-by-Rick-Mooney-author/9780874877625 https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Position-Pieces-for-Cello-Bk-2-by-Rick-Mooney-author/9781589512054 Thumb Position for Cello, Books 1 and 2 : https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Thumb-Position-For-Cello-Book-1-by-Mooney-Rick/9780874877632 Books about technique: Christopher Bunting: Essay on the Craft …